On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges.

No wind reading · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Mansfield Cut · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief